Bead cementing and reeling machine.



G. MCNEILL. v BEAD CEMENTING A NQREELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILEDl AUG. lo. me;

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

WTVESSI..

1 prepare it for 'building into the tire.

FFECE.

GEORGE MCNEILL, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGNOR To MORGAN & WRIGHT, A

' CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

BEAD CEMEN TIN G- AND RE-ELING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

AppncaaonaiedAiigust1o,1916. serial N0.i14,15o. n

yuseful Improvements in lead (ft-inenting and Keeling' Machines. of which the followingis a full. clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to apparatus for preparing heads for use in building tires. In the manufacture of. tires it is customary to employ heads which are formed of hard ruhher composition and serve to stiti'en the tire at the edges. I'sually the head is tuhed in the form of a rihhon of triangular crosssection. and must he coated with celnent to The apparatus of the present invention is designed to permit the tuhed head to he in spected for flaws, uniformly cemented olf* all' sides. and reeled up for future use; these' steps being performed as a continuous operation.

The invention can he easily understood from the following description taken in con nection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of apparatus con Structed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cementing trough and inspectingtahle shown in Fig. l;

i Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawing, in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, 10 designates a reel upon which the head is wound helicall'v in a single layer. the reel heingn'iounted on a shaft 11 which is preferably power-turned hy a drive shaft 12. there heilig a clutch 13 connecting the shafts and controlled by a pedal 14. The ahove parts are duplicated a plurality of times as shown. for the purpose of obtaining the maxin'ium capacity of the parts hereinafter descrihed.

An inspecting tahle 15 is mounted upon a frame 16 which is provided with support-- 'ing' wheels 17- that run upon track rails 17.

there heilig depressions 19 in the rails at suitable intervals to receive the wheels and anchor the insl'iecting table directly in front of any one of the-reels 10 which the Opera.- tor wishes to load. A frame 18 is mounted on vertical pivots 1S) which are received in hearings 20 carried h v the frame 11'. .Xt intervals brackets 21 are positioned on the frame 18 and secure a cement-containing trough to the frame.l the trough heing swingahle in an are from the inspecting tahle 15 on the pivots 1f), as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 1. A pair of hooks 23 are secured to the inspectingr table and are received in eyes 21 carried by the trough and serve to hold the trough against swinging movement while the device is heilig moved along the track rails, or when the device is notl in use. A forked guide is pivoted on the trough, as shown at 26, and serves to hold the head down inthe cement so that all sides of the bead will be coated. A pair of brushes 27 are secured to the walls of the tliong'h and confront each other, as shown in 115g. 1. these brushes serving to spread the cement uniformly Over the sides of vthe head. A brush 28 of circular form is secured to the discharge end of the trough, and in addition to spreading. the cement uniformly, also serves as a guide from which the bead passes onto the reel.

In operation, the bead to be treated is trained cndwise over the inspecting table 15, 4through the trough 9.2, underneath the guide and between and through the brushes 27 and :28 respectively, and is'terminally connected to the reel 10. The pedal 14 is now operated hy the inspector to start the reel, 'whereupon the latter wil draw the bead continuously onto itself 1n a helical layer through 4the path ahove outlined. 'The hooks 23 `having been released prior to the starting of the reel, the trough may swing freely on its pivots and permit the cemented -bead to pass from the trough to'the reel with minimum bending. Thus binding of the bead against the brush 28, brush 27, Or guide 25. and danger of the bead being broken or unevenly 'cemented in transit to the reel, will he' prevented. When a'fiaw is encountered in the head, the apparatus may he stopped ilnnlediately by operating the 'pedal 14. which for convenience is placed' directly helow the inspecting table and between the trackrails. as shown. Vhen one reel has heen loaded, the table is pushed along the track rails and stationed in front of the next empty reel and-the above operation repeated.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

' ont is:

Having describe@ niy in'ventl'lmfy Ni'hat I ahum and desire tojprotect hyvLetters Pat l. A beati cmenting and 'reeling nahln comprising :if roel for the bemL'n trough yfor V comentmg the bead, .and a *pivot on 'which the trough isv free to swing to `permituthe bead to pass to the rtm1 with minimum vbending. v y 2. A bed cementing zmdroeling machine comprising n reel for the. heath' nl trough for Cementng the bend, a table for s1.1p`po1"ting and permitting inspection of the 4bead at one end of the trough, and u pivot/,on which thov trough is free to swmg in an n rc. from, the mhh to dohver'the commited bead to tho y rcel with minimum herldinlgf.

3. A. bead cementmg and comprising a plurality of reels for the bead,

n wheeled support, truck rails for the supelin'g machine i port, deprrions'rin;the riiS for receiving t..hf,jw\"'.heeis"of the: support ,and anchoring tho support-in yfront of .any desired reelnnd u pivot/ally mounted ltrough for commuting the bead-1seciufod; Aatyoiw, end to 'the support anni "i'l'harvlng it 4"free 'eind Confronting one ofthev 4Q' A *bead oementng 'nin-iureling machine comprising aiy ruoli for thotboad, a. pivotally mountedtrough.,for cemonting the bend, an inspecting table for 'the bond at one end of y the, trongln'power-(lriveli ine-ans for rotating the recely to dran". the bends thmeonto through 'the tlorigh und across the table;` and moans near the table forl controlling sind power# driven menus.v .i

Signed at Detroit, Michigan, ths- 28th day of J`ulyl1916. A

yirEORGrE iNICNEILL;` 

